IntroEm (Original Key is capo on 3RD)Em
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone
CEm
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone
Motherless children have a hard time
CD
There's all that weeping and all that crying
ACDEm
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone
Em
Father will do the best he can when the mother is gone
CEm
Father will do the best he can when the mother is gone Father will do the best he can
CD
But there's so many things he just don't understand
ACDEm
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone
Break – Em-C-Em-C-D-A-C-D-EmEm
People say a sister will do when the mother is gone
CEm
People say a sister will do when the mother is gone
People say a sister will do
CD
But she'll get married, turn her back on you
ACDEm
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone
Em
Friends will treat you like your mother will when your mother is gone
CEm
Friends will treat you like your mother will when your mother is gone
CD
Friends will tell you what to do - Then they'll turn their back on you
ACDEm
Motherless children have a hard time when their mother is gone ..... repeat break
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